Latest news with #neglect
CTV News
9 hours ago
- General
- CTV News
City of Kenora aiming to expropriate historic hotel
A historic hotel in Kenora is expected to be expropriated due to neglect, but not everyone in the community is on board. CTV's Danton Unger explains.
CTV News
12 hours ago
- General
- CTV News
Kenora looking to expropriate historic hotel
A historic hotel in Kenora is expected to be expropriated due to neglect, but not everyone in the community is on board. CTV's Danton Unger explains.
BBC News
20 hours ago
- BBC News
Harvey Willgoose murder accused 'abused at home', jury told
A 15-year-old schoolboy accused of murdering a fellow pupil had suffered "physical and emotional abuse" at home, his trial has teenager is on trial at Sheffield Crown Court for the murder of Harvey Willgoose, also 15, at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield in consultant forensic psychiatrists agreed there was "evidence of physical and emotional abuse and neglect in the defendant's home life, including lack of food and excessive physical chastisement," the court was told court has heard the boy, who cannot be named, admits manslaughter and possession of a knife on school premises but denies murder. In a statement read to the court by junior defence counsel Richard Holland, the psychiatrists said the defendant's "oppositional behaviour and defiance" was more obvious in said if he had had "appropriate boundaries and discipline," he would have better emotional added that incidents of aggression in the weeks and months before the alleged murder were "examples of his difficulties in controlling his emotions, including anger".Mr Holland said another report by two psychologists found the defendant's below average levels of verbal comprehension were because of his "adverse early experiences rather than a neurodevelopmental disorder".The court also heard a copy of Harvey's school timetable was found in the defendant's bedroom, and that only a member of staff or Harvey would have been able to print it the jury at the beginning of the trial, Gul Nawaz Hussain KC, defending, said: "(The defendant) did not set out to kill or seriously hurt anyone."The defence say (the defendant's) actions that day were the end result of a long period of bullying, poor treatment and violence, things that built one upon another until he lost control and did tragically what we've all seen."The trial continues. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
News24
21 hours ago
- Health
- News24
Patients died cold and uncared for: Health Ombud exposes collapse of psychiatric care in Northern Cape
The Health Ombud report reveals that two psychiatric patients died and one was left permanently bedridden. The mental health hospital operated without electricity for year, leaving life-saving equipment useless. Leadership failures and staff shortages caused the systemic collapse of the patient care system. The Health Ombud found that two psychiatric patients died and one was left permanently bedridden due to neglect and poor care. Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital went without electricity for a year, leaving life-saving equipment unusable and patients exposed to extreme temperatures. These are some of the findings in a damning report by Health Ombud Professor Taole Mokoena, who investigated the treatment, complications and deaths of psychiatric patients at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital and the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital. The report cites leadership failures, staff shortages and collapsing infrastructure as the main reasons for the breakdown in patient care. Emergency machines stood useless as they had not been charged. Calls for help could not go out as the phone lines were down. Some patients died. Others were sent out in critical condition. One will never walk again. The investigation followed a complaint made by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi in October last year. The report details how systemic neglect, infrastructure collapse, poor staffing and lack of leadership directly led to suffering, medical complications and death. Four psychiatric patients were closely examined in the report – two died, one suffered permanent disability and another experienced complications due to poor monitoring. In his report Mokoena states: The general care provided was substandard, and patients were not attended to in a manner consistent with the nature and severity of their health condition. Taole Mokoena The situation was made worse by a yearlong power outage at Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital, caused by cable theft and vandalism. While neighboring hospitals had their power restored within days, this one was left without electricity due to delays in the provincial department's supply chain processes. 'Because of the lack of electricity, resuscitation equipment could not be used, heating and cooling systems failed, and patients had to endure extreme weather conditions without proper clothing or bedding. The report What happened Cyprian Mohoto was transferred to Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital on 13 July last year after he experienced serious complications. A chest X-ray revealed that he had pneumonia, but this was never treated. For three days, his deteriorating condition was ignored by both nurses and doctors. He died on 16 July in the emergency unit. Tshepo Mdimbaza was found unresponsive in his bed at Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital on 3 August. When staff attempted to resuscitate him, they discovered that the equipment was not prepared or functional. His vital signs had not been properly monitored. A post-mortem found he had died from 'exposure to the elements'. John Louw, a patient at Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital, suffered a brain injury known as a subdural haemorrhage. After emergency surgery, including a craniotomy and craniectomy, was performed on 7 July and 23 July respectively, complications have left him permanently bedridden. Petrus de Bruin collapsed in ward M2 at Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital on 30 July and was transferred to Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital's Emergency Centre. He was stabilised and admitted for hypoglycaemia. While emergency care was appropriate, nursing monitoring was inadequate. The report highlighted a deep leadership crisis and operational failure at both facilities. At Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital, there was no emergency preparedness, collapsing infrastructure, poor medicine control, a shortage of staff and a lack of proper record keeping, the report revealed. The Ombud found that: The clinical manager had written to the acting head of the provincial department of health, warning about the harmful conditions patients were facing, but no action was taken. At Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital, the problems included overcrowding, missing patient files, poor supervision of nurses and staffing shortages across all departments. 'Leadership instability in the Northern Cape provincial department of health negatively affected service delivery, patient safety and the overall quality of care,' said Mokoena. Recommendations The Ombud called for urgent action to fix the broken system. This includes: 'This level of systemic collapse must never be allowed to happen again in our health system,' Mokoena added.
The Independent
21 hours ago
- The Independent
Schoolboy who stabbed fellow pupil to death suffered abuse at home, trial told
A schoolboy who stabbed a fellow pupil to death during their lunch break had suffered 'physical and emotional abuse' at home, a court heard. The 15-year-old is on trial accused of murdering Harvey Willgoose, also 15, who was killed at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on February 3. On Wednesday, Sheffield Crown Court heard two consultant forensic psychiatrists agreed that there was 'evidence of physical and emotional abuse and neglect in (the defendant's) home life, including lack of food and excessive physical chastisement'. In a list of agreed facts read to the jury by junior defence counsel Richard Holland, the psychiatrists said his 'oppositional behaviour and defiance' was more obvious in school. They said that if he had had 'appropriate boundaries and discipline' he would have better emotional regulation, and that incidents of aggression in the weeks and months before the alleged murder were 'examples of his difficulties in controlling his emotions, including anger'. Mr Holland said another report by two psychologists found the defendant's below average levels of verbal comprehension were because of his 'adverse early experiences rather than a neurodevelopmental disorder'. The court also heard a copy of Harvey's school timetable was found in the defendant's bedroom, and that only a member of staff or Harvey would have been able to print it off. A jury has heard that the defendant, who cannot be named, has admitted manslaughter but denies murder. He has also admitted possession of a knife on school premises. Addressing the jury at the beginning of the trial, Gul Nawaz Hussain KC, defending, said: '(The defendant) did not set out to kill or seriously hurt anyone. 'The defence say (the defendant's) actions that day were the end result of a long period of bullying, poor treatment and violence, things that built one upon another until he lost control and did tragically what we've all seen.' The trial continues.
